Anna Reid, Born 1965
AUTHOR ON EASTERN EUROPE
Anna Reid read law at Oxford University and studied Russian History at the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies. After working as a consultant and business journalist, she moved to Kiev, where she acted as the Ukraine correspondent for the Economist from 1993 to 1995. From 2003 to 2007 she worked for the British think-tank Policy Exchange. editing several of their publications and running the foreign affairs programme. She has published four books on East European history: Borderland: a journey through the history of Ukraine, The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia, Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II: 1941-1944, and A Nasty Little War - an account of the Allied anti-Bolshevik ‘Intervention’ into the 1918-20 Russian Civil War.
Source: Compiled by Anna Reid’s father, Alex Reid in 2023.
Connected life stories:
Her half brother: Reid, Philip Owen. Born 1989. (17 pages) Growing up in London and Cambridge.
Her father: Reid, Alexander. Born 1941. (201 pages). Architecture & telecomms.
Her paternal grandmother: Reid, Louisa. Born 1906. (88 pages). Naval wife and writer.
Her paternal grandfather: Reid, Philip Henry Stewart. Born 1901. (42 pages). Naval officer & prisoner of war.
Her great aunt: Reid, Hilda. Born 1898. (29 pages). Novelist between the wars.
Her great grandfather: Luttrell, Hugh. Born 1857. (20 pages) Liberal Member of Parliament.
Her great great grandfather: Wedderburn, William. Born 1838. (192 pages). Liberal MP and campaigner for Indian self rule.